Views: Visits 64
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, have evicted at least 137 northerners from the forest reserves in the state.
It was learnt that those evicted were occupying the Elegbeka forest reserves along the Ifon-Owo road.
The Amotekun commander in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who spoke to newsmen in Akure said that their continued occupation of the forest reserve was a security threat to the state.
He added that all the illegal forest occupants would be escorted out of the state to wherever they came from.
Vanguard quoted the Amotekun commander as saying:
“We got an Intelligence report that very many people bombarded (forests at) Elegbeka–Ifon area in the state.
Amotekun Corps Arrests Two Men Caught In Ondo State
naija247news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from naija247news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Amotekun Corps Arrests Two Men Caught Having Sex In Ondo
saharareporters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from saharareporters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Views: Visits 107
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps have arrested 15 persons who encroached into the Owo forest reserves to mine gold.
The suspects were said to be operating in 50 locations inside the forest as at the time of the arrest.
The operatives gave the names of those arrested as Shuaibu Yahaya, Habbi Usman, Kabiru Waheed, Mohammed Nurudeen, Mohammed Sulaman, Ali Mustapha and Ismaila Wahab.
Others are Musa Zeehed, Gabbar Musa, Sule Adamu Abba Suleman, Usman Kebiru, Yahaya Danladi and Usman Ali Zekeri.
The Amotekun officials said they trekked for four hours into the forest led by local hunters after they got intelligence about activities of the gold miners.